and South University Avenue 
area. According to Ackerman, 
this building would fill an 
otherwise desolate area and 
give students walking home 
at night a greater sense of 
security.

The 
panelists 
explained 

even 
though 
the 
Library 

Lot 
development 
isn’t 
a 

comprehensive 
solution 
to 

affordable housing in Ann 
Arbor, this is a necessary first 
step in the process.

“With respect to affordable 

housing in the city of Ann 
Arbor, we have nowhere near 
enough of it,” Taylor said.

Many 
Ann 
Arbor 

residents who were vocal 
against Proposal A were in 
the audience and, though 
audience members were not 
allowed time to speak during 
the event, they passed out 
written materials to other 
audience members.

In a letter passed out, 

Ann Arbor resident Daniel 
Rubenstein said the housing 
and business complex would 
contribute 
to 
the 
urban 

clutter of downtown Ann 
Arbor and urged the audience 
to vote yes on the proposal.

“Unless we protect this 

parcel now, it is more than 
likely that we will never again 
have an opportunity to create 
public open space in the heart 
of downtown,” Rubenstein 
wrote.

LSA junior Yosef Gross, 

co-president of the Roosevelt 
Institute, said the event was 
intended to inform students 
and young voters of the 
implications of Proposal A.

“We think this is an event 

that 
is 
being 
portrayed 

in across Ann Arbor and 
through the ballot proposal 
question as an event about 
development and about a 
park, but really it’s … a ballot 
proposal 
about 
affordable 

housing and we wanted to 
make sure that students at 
the University of Michigan 
— people who are going to 
be voting on this — are clear 
about that,” Gross said.

First Year Experience, a 

division of the University of 
Michigan’s Office of Student 
Life, 
hosted 
“First 
Gen? 

First Year? Questions and 
Community” 
Monday, 
an 

event intended to help first-
generation students navigate 
their 
freshman 
years, 
in 

Couzens Multipurpose Room.

 
Two 
of 
the 
student 

coordinators, 
LSA 
junior 

Khanh Le and LSA sophomore 
Mariah Benford, voiced their 
opinions on what this event 

meant 
for 
first-generation 

students.

“There 
are 
definitely 

specific problems that first-
generation students have to 
go through and I think it’s 
for that,” Le said. “First-gen 
students make up a small 
population of overall students 
here. Problems that first-
gen students face can be 
overshadowed or ignored by 
bigger priorities.”

 
According 
to 
a 
2016 

campus 
climate 
survey, 

first-generation 
students 

constitute 8 percent of the 
student 
body. 
First-gen 

students in the past have 

said the coupling of lack 
of parental guidance and, 
typically, a low-income status 
has made the transition to 
higher 
education 
difficult. 

Benford said she “appreciated 
the fact that there’s a space 
for 
first-gen 
students,” 

especially 
through 
events 

such as Monday’s

In her opening remarks, 

Allie Harte, the associate 
director of FYE, said as the 
event marked the beginning 
of the first annual First Gen 
Week at the University, FYE 
wanted to help first-year 
students on campus in their 
first months at the University.

“First Year Experience 

really wanted to partner 
and be a part of that 
and 
provide 
resources 

and a place and space 
for communityfor first 
year, first-gen students 
specifically,” Harte said.

Several 
tables 
were 

set 
up, 
each 
focused 

on 
a 
different 
issue, 

and students had the 
opportunity to rotate to 
whichever table suited 
their concerns. One of 
the 
tables 
discussed 

housing, 
specifically 

finances and the pros and 
cons of different types of 
housing. LSA sophomore 
Alexandria Bly, a student 
coordinator for FYE, said 
the pressure of searching 
for 
housing 
was 
of 

particular 
concern 
for 

first-generation students.

“Housing next year is 

a big topic on campus,” 
Bly said. “This is probably 
one of the best programs 
we’ve had so far. Students 
are worried about a lot of 

things like ‘How am I going to 
get involved?’ but it’s not like, 
‘If I’m not involved, I’m going 
to be homeless.’”

 LSA freshman Richard 

Demeter said the event made 
him feel welcome at the 
University.

“I was a little worried about 

coming to a big university and 

not knowing what to expect,” 
Demeter said.

Nursing freshman Kaylee 

Johnson was able to benefit 
from 
other 
resources 

available.`

“I learned about a new 

course I could take and about 
community service,” Johnson 
said. “They should definitely 
do it again in the future.”

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